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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1969
Page
6
The Marion paving project covers about two miles including eleven stress paved sections plus private developments. Osborn of the city engineering department said most streets should open by Saturday and noted additional paving in private projects.
Yates and Kardas discuss Swift wanting Tama to take over lagoons built for sewage disposal. Tama mayor rejects the plan, citing adequate local systems and city disinterest. Chamber groups note extensive work by local business coalitions amid ongoing interest from several firms in the salt plant deal.
John Willett, the Tatra city attorney, says Swift and Co will be billed for substantial costs to assist the firm. An April 1967 Tama voter fund for Swift’s completion will also be billed. The report notes $4 million raised from stock sales and investments of $5 per share. The property comprises three lots totaling about 212 acres with an unfinished building and a 51 acre tract, south of the North Nester tracks. Eugene M. Brown founded the venture. stock sold in a week in late Feb and early Mar 1965.
Mrs Hansensi, traveling south on Ninth Street SW, skidded 83 feet and hit a curb during clashes at Catholic-Protestant barricades. She suffered minor bruises and abrasions and was treated at Mercy Hospital before release.
Lester Stammer, 47, of Traer, who had been missing since Monday night, was found about 3 p.m. Thursday in Tama. Linda Roseh Woodhouse, 16, of Decorah, was charged with failure to yield the right of way after a traffic accident when the vehicle she was riding in was involved in a collision with a car driven by Mrs. William Morse. A highway patrolman and sheriff were reportedly involved in the incident, with Miss Woodhouse turning right and Stammer turning left before the crash.
A pair of crashes near Manchester left two drivers with minor injuries. Linda Strief, 18, lost control on a county gravel road and her car went into an embankment, totaling the vehicle and prompting pending charges. At the intersection of highways 20 and 38, Bob Hall, Delaware county extension director, struck Stan Sewell, Bensonville, Illinois, with no charges filed.
In Elkader justice court, James Rise 22 of Mt. Vernon Thomas Benson 22 of Elgin and Roger Rise 20 of Mt. Vernon were fined 25 dollars and costs for beer offenses. They were arrested about 11 p.m. Thursday by a Clayton county deputy sheriff and appeared before Justice Golda Bush.
In Peoria Illinois a Jesup Iowa infant Christopher Denlea died from injuries after a two car collision near Kickapoo Thursday night. The boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Denlea of Jesup, was killed when Joseph Johnson Brimfield tried to pass a truck in a no passing zone and collided head on with the Denlea car. Jerry Denlea and his wife Gloria 23 were hospitalized.
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